Single-player games like Garlic
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Garlic, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Bat Boy
Single-player alternative to Garlic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Garlic.
Ryosuke isn't just your regular high-school kid. He and his fellow sports-star friends secretly battle against the evil invading forces of Lord Vicious, hellbent on hosting sinister athletic events for his own amusement! Ryosuke is Bat Boy!
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Sunblaze
Single-player alternative to Garlic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Garlic.
Sunblaze is a brain-twisting precision platformer with hundreds of challenging, handcrafted levels to keep you dying for hours and hours.
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Mute Crimson+
Single-player alternative to Garlic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Garlic.
Be a ninja and go on an action platforming adventure to save the world. Climb walls, slice up bad guys, master tricky platforming sequences and face ruthless bosses.
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Cyber Shadow
Single-player alternative to Garlic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Garlic.
The world has been taken over by synthetic lifeforms. A desperate plea for help sets Shadow, the sole survivor of his clan, on one last mission to uncover what started the path to perpetual ruin.
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Super Meat Boy 3D
Single-player alternative to Garlic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Garlic.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer – now in 3D!
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Super Magbot
Single-player alternative to Garlic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Garlic.
A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.
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ANTONBLAST
Single-player alternative to Garlic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Garlic.
ANTONBLAST is a fast-paced explosive action platformer that's all about destruction. Play as the enraged Dynamite Anton (or his cranked-out coworker Annie) and use your Mighty F’n Hammer to demolish bizarre worlds, tussle with screen-filling bosses, and steal your Spirits back from Satan!
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RUN: The world in-between
Single-player alternative to Garlic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Garlic.
RUN: The World In-Between is a new “Die and Retry” platformer game with a procedurally-generated path. Be fast, jump, and run to unlock new content.
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Super Meat Boy
Single-player alternative to Garlic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Garlic.
The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!
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Celeste
Single-player alternative to Garlic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Garlic.
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.
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Battletoads
Single-player alternative to Garlic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Garlic.
• Over-the-top combat with combos and hard-hitting morph attacks • Wild, varied gameplay sequences for all types of gamers • Hand-drawn animation feels like playing a cartoon • Drop-in couch co-op for three players
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Bad School Boy
Single-player alternative to Garlic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Garlic.
experience the thrill of being a dunce in BadSchoolBoy !!
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Thrill Penguin
Single-player alternative to Garlic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Garlic.
crazy parkour game with No cycles, No texts, No complicated weird mechanics, Just have fun and get the thrill now !!
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Furi Demake - The Chain
Single-player alternative to Garlic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Garlic.
Fight your way free in this 8-bit-inspired version of Furi's first boss fight against The Chain. Frantic action, nervous controls, a blend of shoot and sword fight reimagined in 90s style. Only 1 boss fight! A gift to Furi’s fans.
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Quick Quest
Single-player alternative to Garlic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Garlic.
In Fantasy world, evil knights are threatening the equilibrium, Only you can fight them to restore the peace and the good balance of things.